Eléonore Hamelin

Multimedia Journalist

Eléonore (Léo) Hamelin is a multimedia journalist based in New York. At Blue Chalk Media, she has produced series of short-docs for publications like The New York Times and travelled internationally producing issue-driven videos. Léo Hamelin teaches multimedia storytelling courses at the Graduate School of Journalism, where she got a Master's Degree in 2012 and worked as Digital Media Fellow in 2013. She was recently the recipient of a European Journalism Centre grant to report on gender equality in Rwanda, in collaboration with Time, Libération and La Stampa. Originally from France, Eleonore grew up in Brazil and Thailand, and studied in France, Mexico, Hong Kong and China. She produced work internationally, including in Egypt, Morocco, Peru -- and recently traveled throughout the African continent interviewing Heads of State. She worked for The Guardian, The New York Times, AFP, Arte TV and Vox.com and Le Monde. Her illustrations were published in Libération and The Big Roundtable.